My key to peace in these uneasy times: a fundamental belief in the impermanence of evil in the face of God’s love.
I regret I did not note when or where I read that, but I saved it and came across it again this morning...just as I read, Forgetfulness is what we must constantly struggle against. (I did note from whence that came: Avideh Shashaani, an Iranian-American poet and translator of Sufi mystic texts, lifted from today's Rohr meditation.)
That second thought about forgetfulness relieves us of the guilt we feel when we stray from the first about our fundamental belief in God's love.
We do have that fundamental belief but we do forget! Realizing that forgetfulness is built into the human condition, and we all must struggle against it, gives us permission to believe in our belief...to know it's not just a want-to. To accept our forgetfulness is to accept that the world is ever with us...ah, but so is God's love.
Our spiritual growth map, simplified: a fundamental belief in the impermanence of evil in the face of God’s love and forgetfulness is what we must constantly struggle against.
Thank you.
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